Originally Posted by
togaset89
Do airlines have more access to recorders, specifically ones that are sealed than other employers do?
My understanding...
Yes, airlines get to view the FBI's national register of serious crimes.
This includes convictions for DUI's and more serious crimes (but not routine traffic violations). I think some arrests also show up, even if no conviction.
States are required to report the data up to the FBI. This may have been sporadic in the past (before computer systems were as common) and even today may not be 100% reliable.
The problem with sealed/expunged records is that if the issue got in the national database in the first place, an expungement at the state/local level will not cause the FBI to remove the original record. Reason being that the database is also national intelligence resource, and they are never going to delete information once it has been acquired. The database is NOT accessible by "normal" employers...airlines only get to look for national security reasons which overides state employment law.